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34) Owen S. M. - Steer G. [C14]

Major (3) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qg4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...f5 8.Qg3 a6 9.Nf3 c5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0-0 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ndxe5 13.Rhe1

+-----------------+
|r+b+k+.4|
|+p+.1.0p|
|p+n+p+.+|
|+.+php+.|
|.+.H.+.+|
|+.H.+.!.|
|P)P+B)P)|
|+.IR$.+.|
+-----------------+

13...Nxd4 Black is asking for trouble.

[0.47 Fritz 5.00: 13...0-0 14.f4 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Nc6 16.Rd3 d4]

14.Bh5+ Kf8 15.Rxd4 and Black is in all sorts of trouble. 15...Qf6 16.Qxe5 Qg5+ 17.Kb1 Qxh5 18.Nxd5 Ra7 Fritz gets all interested again.

[#7 Fritz 5.00: 18...h6 19.Nb6 Kg8 20.Nxa8 Kh7 21.Nb6 Rf8 22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.Qxe6]

19.Nf4

[6.47 Fritz 5.00: 19.Qd6+ Kf7 20.Qe7+ Kg6 21.Rxe6+ Bxe6 22.Qxe6+ Kg5 23.f4+ mates]

19...Qg5

[9.66 Fritz 5.00: 19...Qe8 20.Rd6 Kg8 21.Nxe6 Bxe6 22.Rxe6 Qd7 23.Re8+ Kf7 24.Re7+]

20.Qc7 Qe7 21.Rd8+

[7.16 Fritz 5.00: 21.Qxc8+ Kf7 22.Qxh8 Qe8 23.Qxh7 Qe7 24.Nxe6 Qxe6]

21...Kf7 22.Qxe7+ Kxe7 23.Rxh8 Bd7 24.Rxh7 Kf6 25.Nh5+ Kg6 26.Rxg7+ Kxh5 27.Rxd7 Ra8 28.Rxb7 Rd8 1-0

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